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Input requested for First AI HLEG Workshop: "Industry & Ecosystems Uptake of AI"

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    Nathalie Smuha
    29 August 2018 - updated 2 years ago
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Dear members of the European AI Alliance,

As the Chair of the AI HLEG set out in his blogpost, the AI HLEG is looking for your contribution on the topics to be discussed at the First Workshop of the AI HLEG. These topics will also be addressed in the two main deliverables of the group. 

The third topic of the workshop concerns: "Industry & Ecosystems Uptake of AI​"

These are the questions on which your input is sought:

  • How can AI's uptake be accelerated across the entire European industry?
  • Which measures can we take to ensure a level playing field in AI's uptake across all sectors, companies of all sizes, and all regions?

Deadline for input: 13 September 2018

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AI HLEG#digitaltransformation#industry

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roberto ZAFALON's picture
roberto ZAFALON,
17/10/2018 15:03

The Industrial Revolution needs breakthrough AI capability. 

The digital revolution offers the opportunity to boost productivity while allowing much better “product/service customization“ to meet customer needs - while still maximizing yield. This will foster economic prosperity thanks to the EU industrial base and will contribute to the creation of new jobs. 

How to get value out of the unprecedented amounts of data?

  1. How fast will complexity evolve?
  2. How fast can we introduce AI in the Industry?
  3. How fast can AI provide a better return on investment for Society?

AI on the Edge for optimization of industrial processes.

The IoT is enabling the deployment of tens of billions of multi/sensor smart devices. This is true for smartphones and the wearable devices connected to our work and lives every day. It is also true on a factory floor, in a warehouse or in a hospital where we see the proliferation of sensors and IoT devices that use speech recognition, augmented vision and gesture and touch sensors to enable new, multi-modal and agent-based interfaces. Data analytics enable processing of the enormous amounts of data from these devices to turn it into actionable knowledge. Rather than being centralized, the collection and analysis of data processing can be moved “to the edge” – even directly inside the sensing node. This will make intelligent systems more resilient, safe, and secure

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Laurentiu VASILIU's picture
Laurentiu VASILIU,
10/09/2018 12:27
  • How can AI's uptake be accelerated across the entire European industry?

Before we talk about 'accelerated AI uptake', I believe a preliminary discussion would be required to a) have a common understanding and definition of the 'AI' we talk about and b) to see if such an uptake is feasible and socio-econimically desirable at this stage.

A good AI discussion and definition can be found here https://ec.europa.eu/futurium/en/blog/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-ai-0

If we are to take the definition presented at above link and simplify it a bit, AI is about autonomous and adaptive software systems capable of learning, reasoning and making decisions by themselves.

If we imagine such systems would exist, and may be adopted at a mass level within EU industry space, we'd need to consider first what could be the possible socio-economical and ethical implications. Once (as a society and decision makers) we have a solid understanding of implications of such mass deployment, we can then discuss about an accelerated uptake of the AI technologies where appropriate.

 

  • Which measures can we take to ensure a level playing field in AI's uptake across all sectors, companies of all sizes, and all regions?

Assuming an AI mass-uptake is feasible from the socio-economcal and ethical point of view,  the 'level playing field' is a serious issue to be debated: there is always the danger that big players with massive budgets are tempted to ensure no-one challenge their dominance. Hence EC has a very important role in ensuring that small and medium companies are not unfairly competed. Implementation of AI can boost SMEs out of anonymity but can also put big companies in monopoly positions by combining their financial resources with the AI (non-linear) leverage.

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Yuliia Pustovit,
09/09/2018 18:24

 

  • How can AI's uptake be accelerated across the entire European industry?

Nowadays, digital technology such as technologies of the virtual and augmented reality allow AI’s uptake be accelerated across the entire industries. I want to suggest, to create a virtual experience platform from the moment of generating knowledge to using AI’s systems. The platform will use virtual concepts created with the help of computer modeling. Virtual experience is designed for conduct experiments, analyze systems and applications, to identify flaws, negative consequences, and timely actions to adjust. This will economy material resources, as well as reduce the negative consequences. Thus, we will reduce risks in real situations and show opportunities.

 

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David Pereira,
03/09/2018 17:35
  • How can AI's uptake be accelerated across the entire European industry?
    • ​Training: not only from a technical expertise point of view, but also making business leaders understand the capabilities and limitations of AI to correctly manage expectations.
    • Legal security: one of the main AI adoption stoppers might be lack of clarity regarding legal implications linked to the use of AI.
  • Which measures can we take to ensure a level playing field in AI's uptake across all sectors, companies of all sizes, and all regions?
    • ​AI democratization: empower API & cloud based AI to avoid expertise or organizational adoption barriers.
Total votes: 1
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Kurt Van der Veken,
03/09/2018 09:12
  • "How can AI's uptake be accelerated across the entire European industry?"
    • ​Main challenge seems to be related to expertise, so I would focus the efforts here.  Make available free digital courses and provide a platform to practically experiment with AI and exchange ideas (fora).
  • Which measures can we take to ensure a level playing field in AI's uptake across all sectors, companies of all sizes, and all regions?
    • ​Make data available across sectors, companies and regions.
    • Make NLP and speech engines avaialble for European languages.
    • See above, make sure that we have more competences in AI in Europe. Fund free education programs, and consider offering a financial bonus upon successfull completion. 
Total votes: 1
Elio PENNISI's picture
Elio PENNISI,
31/08/2018 15:57

"How can AI's uptake be accelerated across the entire European industry?"

  • Given the wide economic and technological disparities among our member countries, I find an AI concomitant uptake rather difficult to implement. My suggestion is to concentrate economic effort on most advanced AI takers/users (Countries) on condition of exchanging know-how and investment in a less advanced sphere. Besides, EU should set an appropriate educational budget to the benefit of less fortunate member countries.  
Total votes: 2